Jashpur is one of 27 districts located in Indian state Chhattisgarh. There are total 8 blocks which comes under Jashpur district, and there are total 755 villages and 2 town areas which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Jashpur district is 402 and number of houses in this district is 179692.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 792402. Out of total 792402, male population count is 394594, where as female population count is 397808 in Jashpur.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 114744 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 114744 children 57862 are boys and 56882 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Jashpur district is 57%. 452229 out of total 792402 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 65% and 257160 males are literate out of total 394594 male population, where as female literacy rate is 50% and 195069 out of total 397808 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Jashpur district is 42%. 340173 out of total 792402 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 34% and 137434 males are illiterate out of total 394594 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 50% and 202739 out of total 397808 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Jashpur district is 466161 and non-working population is 326241 and out of 466161 working population 146008 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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